Bad Hair Day

So as you all know I have a thing for hair. When I was a little girl I would sit and play with dolls, only I wouldn't really pretend play with them I would just sit and comb with their hair for hours. When I got into high school I spent a lot of time figuring out new hairstyles for myself and took pride in my long blonde hair. That lead me to want to do hair school where I really figured out how much I love hair. I love combing, curling, coloring, styling, cutting, straightening, running my hands through and doing hair. So you can imagine how fun it was for me to have a baby girl who grew into a little girl with beautiful hair to style and play with. Most days it was a bonding experience to sit her up on my bathroom counter and chat and watch her funny faces in the mirror while I took the time to style her hair in fun new ways. so if you can also try to imagine then how devastated I was to wake up the other day to find a large chunk of that hair cut all choppy at the hands of said three year old little girl. I cried and cried and cried (Her response to those tears "It's okay mom Jesus will give me new hair" and then I got up and finished the haircut by trying to preserve what I could and cutting it into a pixie cut that has absolutely no styling options. I went out and bought bows and headbands and am trying to remind myself over and over that which my hairschool instructor taught me that "It's just hair"

Halloween 2011

This year Halloween was kind of put on the backburner since we were moving last weekend. When Monday rolled around though we actually did really good and had a way fun Halloween. We decorated that morning and then let the kids carve their pumpkins before taking them out. Our new neighborhood was awesome for trick or treating, and afterwards we were able to go with Lukes sister Amber and her family to a carnival which the kids LOVED!

Trick or Treating

She made sure everybody knew she wasn't a mermaid she was Ariel.

My cute little Referee. Thanks mom for making his shirt!

On our new front porch.

Yummy cotton candy. She didn't like the texture so i got to have it.

Such handsome boys.

The kids in the bounce house.

Playing at the carnival booths.

My kids with Amber and Bens kids Maddax and Linden

Checking out the loot. They seriously scored, and now I have to be the bad guy.

This was his 7th, yes 7th sucker of the day. That's where I drew the line.

Sacramento Trip

Here are a few pics from our trip to Sacramento a couple of weeks ago. We went with Eric and Ashlie again and were able to leave our kids at home with my mother in law. Sacramento isn't my favorite city, but it's still fun to see new places and we always have a fun time with those two.

I always upload my images in the wrong order! This is returning home to our kids with souveniers from the candy store.

Lake Tahoe with the fall leaves was absolutely BREATHTAKING! This was definately the highlight of the trip.

This is where the Donner Party had their struggles. It was closed but still neat to see the spot.

We stepped out of the car and it was Freeeezing!

This is seriously the worlds coolest candy store with everything you could ever imagine. We stocked up and it seemed like that was all we ate the rest of the trip.

Pumpkins

This year we grew a cute little garden in our backyard and Luke was all about growing our own pumpkins. I kinda kept thinking they would be weird shaped or something so I was secretly planning on buying some still, but when they got big they actually were really cute. The kids watched them, anticipating when they could pick them and carve them. We finally carved them like an hour before we went trick or treating on monday and they turned out so fun. I love this tradition even though it seemed so hard to find the time this year.

Chalyn and Her Daddy! She is still the biggest daddy's girl.

We tricked Beck to stick his hand in the first time but then they both did great cleaning them and everthing.

Right after picking them.


Chalyn was really excited and begged everyday to carve it.


Kind of a funny story. We actually had one of them stolen but were able to recover it. After we picked them we set them on our front step and the little girl from upstairs thought it was hers so she took it and painted it. I was a little devastated since we had watched them grow, so Luke ever so nicely asked for it back and we washed it so it was good as new. I felt really bad but we were attached.

Update and Move

So I sat down to finally do the circus post and of course with my luck I lost the cd with the pics on it. Maybe someday I will find it and do a post. In other news we got everything moved in at our new place in Cedar and to be honest it all feels a little surreal. Everything happened so fast. We went to Sacramento two weeks ago for five days and I had only packed like five boxes so I pretty much packed our whole house, cleaned two apartments, set up a new house and did all our Halloween festivities all in a week. I am completely exhausted to say the least but at least it's in the past. I had such a hard time leaving Orem and all of the memories we had there as a family. I absolutely loved it there and am very unsure about Cedar but hopefully this new adventure will be good for us.